Rifles of the I.R.A. is the fourth album by Irish folk and rebel band The Wolfe Tones. The album title Rifles of the I.R.A. makes reference to the Irish...

"Rifles of the I.R.A." is an Irish folk song associated with the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. The song contains several references...

songs written by the group include "Joe McDonnell", a song about the life and death of the Provisional IRA member Joe McDonnell, who was the fifth person...

a Cross of Saint George in the hoist. In 1969, the band The Wolfe Tones released a song called "Erin Go Bragh" on their LP Rifles of the I.R.A.. The song...

The Rashtriya Rifles (RR; transl. National rifles) is a counter-insurgency force in India, formed in 1990, to deal with internal security in the Jammu...

Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault...

multiple names: authors list (link) Oppenheimer, A. R. (2009). IRA: The Bombs and The Bullets. A History of Deadly Ingenuity. Irish Academic Press, chapter...

The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions. Each Regular...

"It's well I do remember the year of forty eight, When I arose with Erin's boys to battle against the fate. I was hunted thro' the mountains like a traitor...

battle rifles, the development of the M16 rifle during the Vietnam War prompted the adoption of assault rifles by the rest of NATO. By the end of the 20th...

(1969) Wolfhound on Best of the Wolfhound (1974) Battlefield Band on On the Rise (1986) Wolfe Tones on Rifles of the I.R.A. (1991) Julee Glaub on Fields...

were produced until the mid-1930s. The Russian Berdan I (M1868) and Berdan II (M1870) rifles of .42 caliber are distinct from the Spanish Berdan 15 mm...

in October 1908, The Wolfe Tones, on their 1969 album Rifles of the I.R.A. Mike Harding, as a 1976 single Houghton Weavers, on their 1978 Album Sit Thi...

The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British...

Oh the night fell black, and the rifles' crack made perfidious Albion reel. In the leaden rain, seven tongues of flame did shine o'er the lines of steel...

The 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), historically known as The Artists Rifles is a regiment of the Army Reserve. Its name is abbreviated...

Kesh is a song which protests IRA imprisonment at Long Kesh prison. Sean South of Garryowen is rather controversial as it honours the legacy of Irish Republican...

examples of semi-automatic fully powered-cartridge rifles used in World War I are the Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 in 8×50mmR Lebel and the Winchester...

FAL, AKM and M16 rifles; DShK heavy machine guns; LPO-50 flamethrowers; and Barrett M90 sniper rifles. The IRA also used a variety of bombs during its...

no means complete. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA12 Arisaka AK Rifles AK-47 AK-74 AK-74M AKM AK-12 AK-15 AK-19...

The Assam Rifles (AR) is a central armed police force of India responsible for border security, counter-insurgency, and maintaining law and order in Northeast...

redesign of the Lee–Metford (adopted by the British Army in 1888), the Lee–Enfield superseded it and the earlier Martini–Henry and Martini–Enfield rifles. It...

a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed from the 1860...

depots. In the 1969–1971 period this was no longer feasible. By 1972, the IRA had large quantities of modern small arms, particularly Armalite rifles, manufactured...

List of bolt-action rifles List of carbines List of shotguns List of straight-pull rifles List of pump-action rifles List of machine guns List of multiple-barrel...

him in Glasgow, the "Volunteer Kevin Barry Republican Flute Band". Barry's execution is mentioned in the folk song "Rifles of the I.R.A.", which was written...

(1642–51). In the 1750s, a few German rifles were used by British light infantry regiments in the Seven Years' War. In January 1776, 1,000 rifles were ordered...

Span. A short section of the song is heard being sung by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin's grandmother Peggy at his wake in the 2006 film of the same name. "R D Joyce...

The King's African Rifles (KAR) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised from Britain's East African colonies in 1902. It primarily carried...

the best man at Garland's wedding. Behan had been involved with the IRA before writing the song but he did not support the continuing campaign of the...